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No. 49.
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TOPPLES KILLS 49
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By PAUL MAI.LON
(Copyright, 1935, by Taiil Mallon)
WASHINGTON. May 18. The an
nual dog days are upon congress At
this time of year, near the end of the
session, both
houses begin act
ing queerly. The
natural processes
of legislation give
way to covert
backstage banter
ing of bill for
bill, amendment
for amendment.
Dire rumors and
predictions fill
the air In a con
fusing din.
The only thing
for a hopeful
I'M . nl ALL U.N
public to do is to close Its eyes and
ears and hope. Uusually the origi
.nally planned course of legislation
works out about 80 per cent as ex
pected. Thia year, things are a little crazier
than usual. As an example, the ru
mor went around that President
Poosevelt would not bear down on
Democratic senators to support his
veto of the Inflationary Patman bill,
thereby secretly inviting them to
make it n law over his veto. This
was somhat angrily denied at the
White House.
The fact of the matter seems to
have been that some of Mr. Roose
Telt'a friends put out a feeler in the
senate along that line, possibly with
out consulting him. The result was
a flurry of confusion In which the
touchy question of veracity became
involved.
A better example may be found in
what, happened In connection with
Mr. Roosevelt's fishing trip with con
gressional leaders. The- White House
announced emphatically that the
bonus was not discussed, nor was any
legislative business mentioned thru
out the trip.
Yet some of those who went along
returned to the capitol and informed
their Republican pals privately that
Mr. Roosevelt had read portions of a
proposed bonus message to them.
They even went as far as to say Re
publicans would have a hard time
voting against the president in view
i of arguments he expected to make.
The publication of these reports
aroused the White House to further
emphatic denials. Again the question
was who should be believed, if any
one. The situation of the NRA bill is a
case In point. Senators wrangled for
months about it, refusing to agree on
anything. Their vehemence indicated
ome of them would rather lay down
their lives than permit its continu
ance. Yet, a few days ago, the senate
passed an authorisation continuing It
for ten months without any discus
sion whatever and without a record
T0t.
Tricky administration leaders slip
ped out the word that the house
would stand by President Roosevelt
and continue It for two years. Thus,
tne issue would be put up to the
seriate again in a peculiar way, so the
senate would have to give in eventu
ally to the president for a two-year
lease. I
The administration leader Pat
Harrison arose and announced he
would not be a party to slipping any-
thing like that over on the senate.
, Those behind Harrison Insisted he
may have had his fingers crossed at
the time. But the point is the con
dition of Washington affairs Is devel
oping to a place where truth serum
might be of use.
One explanation for all this is that
Washington has been teeming under
neath with politics to an extent usu
ally reserved for presidential cam
paign years. In fRct. the campaign of
1936 has opened a year ahead of time.
Opposition tactics have tended
lately to put and keep the New Deal
on trial constantly, and the New
Dealers are fighting back. The job
against the administration Is being
done not only by the Republicans but
by such autatanding heckler as
long. Coughlln. the American Liberty
League, the Chamber of Commerce,
etc.
Wise politicians In all camps be
lieve the fever pitch Is being reacned
too soon. Privately, they do not be
lieve the opposition momentum can
continue to grow for the next 16
months until election.
Hidden away In the auto strike
settlement are some provisions which
virtually wreck the auto labor board.
The board chairman, Leo Wolman.
has been vacationing out of town
during the strike. In his absence,
the labor department fixed up a set
tlement which may permit Mr, Wol
man to take a permanent vacation.
Hereafter, grievances of discharged
workmen will be settled directly be
tween the employes and the compan
ies. This takes away the main busi
ness of the board. Furthermore. ..the
agreement says that seniority rules
will also be agreed upon directly,
without Intervention by the board.
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Collision With Escort Plane
Brings Disaster World's
Largest Plane Over Rus
sian Village Tragedy At
Flint, Michigan.
Br the Associated Pre.
rtfty-thre persona were killed In
the three airplane crashes here and
abroad yesterday (Saturday), 49 dy
ing when the huge Maxim Corky,
world's largest land plane, collided
with a smaller ship near Moscow.
At Detroit. Mich.. Stanley Hauser,
35 year old Polish-American aviator,
died In the wreckage of hla mono
plane, which crashed and burned as
he stunted at memorial services for
the late Marshal Josef Pllsud.sk! of
Poland.
Hausner. who In 1032 was reacue-1
from hla drifting plane In the At
lantic ocean when he failed In an
attempted trans-ocean flight to Po
land, had planned a Detrolt-to-War-saw
night for next month.
By John Lloyd
(Associated Press Foreign Staff)
MOSCOW, May 18. (API The
world's largest land plane, the
Maxim Gorky, collided with an es
corting plane today, broke In mid
air and crashed to the ground,
bringing death to 40 persons In the
worst disaster even to befall a pas
senger plane.
The wreckage of the two air ships
Bnd the broken bodies of the vic
tims fell over the village of Socol.
on the outs-klrta of Moscow, crush
ing at least one house, but reports
that several villagers died under
the debris failed to find confirm
ation. "The Gorky dived craElly and I
watched with horror while It went
to pelce. In the air," said one eye
witness.
"One house was hit by a wing
weighted down by four motors,
and It tore the roof and the whole
side off . the building. The bodies
of the victims, some of them wo
men and children, were strewn
about with the wreckage, many dis
membered." Blame for the tragedy was fixed
by Soviet officials on the pilot ot
the small escorting plane. Nikolai
Blaglm. whose ship rsmmed head
long Into the leading edge of the
giant Maxim Gorky'a wing while he
was stunting In violation of orders.
Blaglm died with all 48 occupants
of the Mammoth passenger plane.
Soviet officials announced tonight
that a state funeral will be ac
corded the victims, and that their
families will be granted special pen
slons and a lump sum Indemnity.
A piece of the wreckage foil on
a man riding a bicycle.
Construction of the Gorky began
In 1032. on the 40th anniversary or
the beginning of Maxim Gorky's
literary activity.
The machine had a maximum
speed of 150 miles an hour ana
sufficient fuel for a non-stop flight
of 1,240 miles could be carried. All
cabins were more than six feet
high, with four sleeping berths
each. There were offices for edi
torial work, a passenger lounge ana
buffet. There was also a messroom
for the crew and a wireless and
telephone exchange.
Th. Mn w. eniiinned With loud
speakers, enabling the occupant'
voices to oe neara on me graunu
when the Gorky was flying low.
FLINT, Mich., May 18. (AP) A
pilot and two passengers were killed
and two other occupants of a trl
motored transport plane were ser
iously Injured here today when the
plane crashed during dedication ot
a new airport.
The, dead: Theodore Knowles. De
troit, pilot: Mrs. Mary Rushlow, 84.
of Flint: Conrsd Rushlow, 7, son
of the dead woman.
Clement D. Rushlow, husband of
the woman killed, and a three-year
old daughter, were taken to a hos
pital In a serious condition.
Knowles' plane. In which he had
been carving passengers throughout
the day. crashed as he attempted
to take off from the field with ten
passengers. At an altitude of less
thsn 200 feet both wing motors
failed, witnesses ssld, and Knowles
barely slipped It past a group ot
tents occupied by a Selfrldge field
ground crew before It struck the
ground and nosed over.
A flight of 31 army planes haa
come here to participate In the
dedication of Bishop airport. Offi
cer Immediate!? called Into serv
ice their own ambulances end trucks
and rushed the Injured five miles
to a hospital.
F
BY RAIN, OUTLOOK
Tenon: fair Sunday snd Mon
day; somewhat higher temperature
and lover hum!dty: moderate
changeab'.e wind off the coast.
; SfN FRANCISCO. May 18 (AP
, Weekly outlook for the far western
.at. Uy 20-3. V
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Whatever was happening In ths senate banking committee when
this picture was snapped, It apparently didn't Interest Senator William
Glbbs McAdoo of California. (Associated Press Photo)
SINCLAIR CLAIMS
'EPIC CONVENTION
Bedlam Reigns After Tongue
Lashing Of-Red Element
Chairman Breaks Mal
let Pounding For Order.
LOS ANGELES, May 18. (API
Communists and communism were
given a trenchant tongue-lashing to
day by Upton Sinclair, last year's
Democratic nominee for governor, at
a state convention of his "Bnd Pov
erty in California" forces.
Cheers alternated with a few cries
of "Throw him out" as Sinclair charg
ed communists had invaded the con
vention as would-be delegates and
were trylrg to cause dissension with
the Idea of seizing control of the
EPIC movement. Sinclair yelled:
"Thorw the communists out."
Near-bedlam prevailed before order
finally was restored. The scene fol
lowed heated charges by some dele
gates that others had been seated
without proper credentials. During
the tumult, the convention ch I arm an,
Sheridan Downey, who ran for lieu
tenant governor with Sinclair, broke
his mallet and threatened to throw It
at one shouting insurgent.
The argument started when Downey
offered the credentials committee's
report for adoption. Delegate John
Glbbs accused him of packing the
convention. Cries of "Railroad, rail
road." started and Sinclair took the
rostrum and charged communists
were In the audience. He said they
had dropped their leaflets from the
galleries.
"You communists are trying to de
stroy democracy," Sinclair declared.
"We EPICS know democracy hasn't
worked out but we believe we might
save It and we will have absolutely
nothing to do with sny organization
striving to bring about the downfall
of democracy."
He was gretted with a roar of ap
plause. T
STREET BATTLING
VIENNA. Austria. May 18. (AP)
Unconfirmed reports today said 14
persons were slain In street fighting
in the Yugoslav provinces of Slove
nia and Croatia growing from the
refusal of young recruits to perform
military service in Macedonia.
(In Belgrade nothtn gofflclal was
published concerning the reported
distorder. Miltary authorities would
not comment, but election officials
pointed out a committee which dis
tributes parliamentary seats In ac
cordance with the complex electoral
law had not finished Its work, fol
lowing the May 5 election, in which
the Croats and Slovenes charged they
were robbed of many mandates).
UP PRESS EIGHT
WATERVILLE. Me., May 18. (API
Two noted publishers pleaded today
for unceasing battle airalnst en
croachments on the freedom of the
press at a Colby college convocation
commemorating the death of an edi
tor who was slain because he refused
to be muzzled.
Col. Robt. R. McCormlck, of the
Chicago Tribune, and Toward Davis,
business manager of the New York
Herald-Tribune, both intimately Iden
tified with the American Newspaper
Publisher' aoIatJon's flpht aalnt
restrictive code provisions, asserted
the threat of government censorship
; had not ended-
j The convocation honored Kijah
;Lo-.ejoy, militant abolitionist editor
1 of St. tout". Mo., and Alton. I'.l , who
was rr.rfcrer; In the TrectF and f"hof
: o Cf-a ' ii b-ffrr the rr-11 viir w nrn
he o?j;mr( v icg.-ous attempts to gir
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OATE UNCERTAIN
HEAR WS VETO
President To Appear Before
Joint Session To Oppose
Bonus, Monday If Pos
sibleQuick Vote Seen.
WASHINGTON, May 18. (T)
While President Roosevelt completed
a sternly worded bonus veto, a check
of senate votes today disclosed that
his rejection of the inflationary $2,
300.000,000 Patman bonus bill almost
certainly would be upheld.
A virtually complete survey fail
ed to show a single chango In the fi3
votes registered or announced against
the inflationary bill when it parsed
the senate early last week, despite
the Intense anti-veto campaign con
ducted by its friends. Should 33 vote
with the president the veto would be
upheld.
On the other hand, several sena
tors who voted for the bill original
ly appeared to be wavering in view
of the president's dramatic show of
determination to kill the bill. The
executive's Intention to appear per
sonally to present his veto, a hither
to unprecedented action, was held by
administration leaders to have al
ready made Itself felt.
Whether Mr. Roosevelt would make
his personal appeal on Monday was
uncertain. House leaders said it might
not be possible to complete arrange
ments for a Joint session in time to
receive him. Should there be delay
the veto might not be delivered until
mid-week because of a scheduled senate-house
memorial service on Tues
day. Despite the solid front of vote
against them, Patman bill leaders
in a conference today decided to face
the showdown immediately after the
chief executive delivers his message.
without prolonging the Issue by de
bate.
WASHINGTON, May 18. (AP)
House and senate Democratic chiefs
engaged today In some additional
underground defy-hurllng which
seriously threatened the very lite
of NRA.
Word was sent to ths house that
there would be dangerous delay In
the senate if any major charge
were made In the Clark resolution
extending NRA only 10 months and
stripping It of control over Intra
state business.
And promtply the retort went
back that the senate should let
the house do Its own legislating.
One of the messengers was S.
Clay Williams, former NP.A chief,
He conferred with Chairman Har
rison of the senate finance com
mittee and Chairman Dough ton or
the house ways and means com'
mltte.
' But since the situation was act
ually endangering chances of get
ting a bill through before NRA
died June 16, the disputants gen
erally declined to let their names
be used.
SOCIETY LEADER
RENO, Nct , May 18. (Jp, Pret,y.
socially prominent IjoI Clarke de
RuyVr Sprecklee. divorced only yes
terday from her husband, was mar
ried for a third time here today with
Frank C. Clinton of San Franleco
and Loa An,Ia aa husoand No 3
Tne marriage was performed at th
Washoe county court boww by Dis
trict J-.idc Tiomas F. Moran only
24 hO'irs after he had (rrantr-J th
nr.O n n.vo-fe from Afirnph B-rnird
Pp-er,. w-r I : h r San f'raacisco
Former Park Head To Be
Taken To McNeil Island
Wednesday Bonds
Pending Appeal. Not
Granted.
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 18. iPi E.
C. Sollnsky. deposed superintendent
of Crater Lake National park, will be
taken to McNeil Island federal prison
Wednesday to serve two years for
manipulating funds and padding pay
rolls. Federal Judge Pee sentenced him
today aftr a two weeks' stay of exe
cution had been granted. Sollnsky's
attorney filed notice of appeal but
Judse Pee denied the application fo
bail. A. R. Edwin, former chief clerk at
the park, indicted with Sollnsky
pleaded guilty and turned govern
ment's evidence, as did I. P. David
son, former superintendent of park
construction. Although the United
States attorney succestcd paroles for
these two, Judge Fee refused to en
tertain the motion and sentenced
Edwin to 13 montlis in prison, and
Davidson to eight months in a feder
al road camp.
Sollnsky was convicted on 1 count
of payroll padding. Total peculations
at the park amounted to 96,000, the
government said. Judge Fe said he
was still unconvinced that Sollnsky
had profited personally, and for that
reason imposed a light sentence.
FASTER TRAIN TO
6
OMAHA. Neb. May 18. jPt Union
Pacific offllcala said trans-continental
service on a 39ai hour schedule
would be Inaugurated June 6 be
tween Portland and Chicago by tho
atrsamllned, seven car train. "City of
Portland." Formerly the M-10001.
Tha train which established two
world's records on a' west-east run
last October, will leave Portland June
6 and arrive In Chicago June 8 at
9:30 a. m. The first westbound de
parture from Chicago will be from
Chicago and Northwestern station at
6:lfi p. m., June 8, arriving at Port
land at 8 a. m. June 10.
Eleven-car trains will include four
sleeping cars.
LOST LOVE SUITS
LONDON. Eng., May 18. (AP)
Oreat Britain is casting a critical eye
at its breach of promise actions, hard
on the heels of legislation by some
American states outlawing heart balm
suits.
Cases such aa this week's suit by
Angela Joyce, former "Miss Englsnd,"
against wealthy young Lord Revel
stoke, with its accompaniment of In
timate love letters, may become fewer,
if not 8xtlnct, If the tendencies to
reform develop.
The government will be given the
opportunity to tell what It thinks of
reform Tuesday in the house of com
mons In answer to a question by W. S.
Liddall, conservative, directed at Sir
Thomas Insklp, the attorney generat.
LUMBER WALKOUT
HITS BERRY CROP
SALEM, May 18. T) A serious
handicap to harvesting the cherry
and strawberry crop was seen here In
the existing lumber and woodworkers'
strike, when growers became aware
that the strike would prevent them
from selling berrlea and cherries fit
freezing1 and barrel packing to local
processors,
Local growers faced a situation of
being without barrels to handle the
crop unless the strike Is dispersed
Edgar Burns, secretary of the North
west Canners' association and the
Northwest Fruit Barrelers' associa
tion, declared "the situation is ex
tremely serious."
FLU SERUM DASH
TO NORTH STARTS
SEATTLE, Ma 18. ( APi Test
tubes and glycerine, instead of nets
and caees. were ','ie weapons of an
other "bring 'em bark alive" ex
pedition which left here today, on
a race to Point Barrow, Alaska
On another lap of their 6.000
mile Journey from the halls of the
UniverMty of Pennsylvania medical
srhool to the scene of a rw In-
fhrnra epidemic, Drs. Horace Pcttlt
and trsant Pepper sailed on the
I'J&Ojl tot 4m.tttU
Mrt. Francis Krug, alias Mar
garet Lux. alias Margaret King was
held In Lot Angelei as a suspected
member of an asserted burglary
ring operating In Hollywood, Bev
erly Hills and San Msrlr.o. (Asso
ciated Press Phntnt
BANK BILL FOES
DARE F.D.R. TO ASK
WASHINGTON. May 18. (AP) A
direct challenge to prrsa officially the
government-owned central bank pro
posal advocated by Secretary Morgen
thau today was hurled at the admin
istration by Senator Olass of Virginia.
He said It waa "not too late" for Mr.
Roosevelt to aeek Inclusion In the
omnibus banking bill before his sen
ate sub-committee of the Idea of fed
eral ownership of the reserve system
which the president said yesterday
would solve a great many problems.
Tills waa after Morgenthau openly en
dorsed the plan before Olass' com
mittee,
But some senate foes of the bill
to strengthen the reserve board's
powers over money and credit re
garded the Roosevelt and Morgenthau
statements more as a threat that un
less the omnibus bsnk bill received
approval, the more drastic legislative
step would be asked.
One senator, who refused to be
quoted, even contended the adminis
tration wanted the pending bill to
avert the government banking owner
ship advocated by Father Charlea E.
Coughlln and Senator Thomas (D.,
Okla.)
Coughlln has been Invited to ap
pear before the Olass sub-committee
now considering the house-approved
bank bill.
GERMAN GIRL IS
ISSFRANCE'-OUI!
PARIS, May 18. (AP) A Jury's
choice of a Oerman girl as "Miss
France" In a beauty contest nearly
resulted In a riot among the aud
ience today.
A committee headed by Paul
Chabas, painter of "September
Morn," picked Miss Elizabeth Pits,
32-year old Saarlander who took
French nationality after the recent
plebiscite.
The decision was greeted with cat'
calls. Order was restored with dif
ficulty. E
ASK POLICE HELP
SPOKANaT Wash., May 18. iff)
"I guess Barnum waa right" waa the
response of Police Chief Ira Martin
tonight as he turned deaf ears to
pleas of chain letter brokers that
they be closed and to the Irate clam
or of customers tiisl the brokerages
be forced to "come through."
"There's a fool Dorn every minute,"
Martin commented, refusing to order
the police to take action to stop the
letter brokers.
BUTTE FALLS TOT IS
HURT BY FLYING CHAIN
Winifred H a y n e s, six year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F
Haynea of the Butte Falls road, was
brought to the Community hospital
late Saturday suffering from he id
Injuries sustained Saturday at her
home when she was struck by a log
ging chain used as a swtnc, which
broke. The attending phyclclan,
Dr. C. I. Drummond, said her skuu
was fractured, but that she was ex
pected to recover.
BULLETIN
SACRAMENTO, May 18 (AP;
The Pacific Coast league la on the
verge of "folding up" due to it
nr4rarlmi. financial rAnriltlnn Karl
! MrNrely. owner of the Sacramento
j Senators, declared hrr tonluht a(tr
j asking PrfiOcnt My Haggeriy to call
14 dixectors tftccUag at, occe.
Aid To Be Given Strikers
Only After Close Check
By Case Workers State
Agents Announce Few
Expected.
HOt I I A M, Wash., May 1I. iyP)
The most hopeful business news
In the Pacific northwest lumber
strike was announced tonight,
with the revelation that labor
unions had concluded agreements
will mill and plywood operator
that will send 300 men hark to
work Momlav.
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 18. ( AP)
Pleas for relief supplies have been
made by approximately 130 family
heads aa a result of the Pacific north
west lumber strike, the Oregon state
relief committee announced today.
Relief will be extended strikers on
the same basis as to other needy,
with the closest possible scrutiny to
determine whether the applicant is in
actual need. It waa announced.
So far only about 0 of the cases
have been fully investigated, but a
speedy checkup Is to be made of the
others In compliance to rulings from
national headquarters.
Application for relief must be In
writing with statements of income.
dependents, past employers and many
other questions before case-worker
Investigation Is made, officials said.
Practically all relief applications
traced to the strike have arisen In
Multnomah county. Some cases are
by-producta of the strike with work
ers In Industries dependent upon
lumber seeking federal aid.
Relief officials said they do not an
ticipate many strikers will apply for
relief, but the federal government
haa been notified of the slightly In
creased needs.
STRIKERS RESENT
L
LA SALLE, III., May 18. (API
Strikers and and sympathizing citi
zens, numbering between 400 and 800,
today stormed the plant of the Apol
lo Metal works. In which were housed
40 men employed by the company to
dismantle the plant for removal to
another city.
Repulsed repeatedly by , tear gas
bombs hurled by deputy sheriffs, the
rioters fell back and atoned the huge
building, breaking every one of its
several hundred windows.
The plant employed about 75 men.
who had walked out when the com
pany declined to comply with their
demands for union recognition, the
re-employment of five dismissed
workers and the dismissal of one fore
man. ASK NEW TAX FOR
OLD AGE PENSION
SALEM, May 18. M A prelim
inary initiative petition providing
pensions for disabled persons and
those more than 00 years of age, waa
filed with the secretary of state yes
terday by BJorn Johannsen of Port
land. The petition stated that funds
would be raised by a tax on real and
personal property having a value of
not less than 10.000. The amount of
pension was not specified. Completed
petitions must contain 16,371 names
HERO OF ARABIA
WOOL, Dorsetshire. Eng., May 18.
(AP) The condition of Col. T. E.
Lawrence, legendary figure of world
war romance, grew suddenly worse
tonight after he had been uncon
slcous for more than fire daya fol
lowing upon a motorcycle accident.
A. W. Lawrence hastened to the
army hospital In which Lawrence of
Arabia lay, after news of the change
in his brother's condition reached
him at hla little cottage in Clouds
Mill, Moreton.
E
COAST UP 30 PCT.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 18. (AP
The barley harvest in the San Joa
quin valley started with Indications
of a bumper crop and prices about
30 per cent hlgh-r than a year ago.
The new crop of Valencia oranges Is
making a good showing. General
Dunnes was reported a out steady,
with automobile sales continuing
Lbout Coubls 1B34.
Refutes Report Of Opposi
tion To Organization By
Farmers Attends Clack
amas Grange Meeting.
SALEM, Ore.. Mav 18. (AP) Di
rect refutation of Governor Charles
H. Martin's reputed attitude against
organized farmers the belief an out
growth of his rift during the past
legislative session with Grange lobby
istsis found in the executive's re
cent statements to delegations of
farm organizations and his willing
ness to talk before Grange groups to
urge their support In a program of
state-wide development.
"The day of rugged Individualism
of the fanner tn Oregon Is past. As
In most industries, it Is more and
more evident that organization and
co-operation are essential." Governor
Martin told a large delegation repre
senting the state organization of the
Farmers' union this week. The gov
ernor said he had a very friendly visit
with the farmers and announced he
would place some direct representa
tives of the soil on the Willamette
valley project committee.
Later today the governor will ad
dress the Eagle Creek Grange organi
zation ?n Clackamas county, and be
fore leaving to attend the session,
said In an Interview:
"Why should I not discuss farm
problems with our farmers? I have
been a farmer and can milk cows and
pitch hny as well as the best. While
I am not a fanner now, I have had
much experience In handling farmers'
problems during my four years In
congress and I am willing to help
tnem. i want them to feel free to
come to me to discuss their difficul
ties at any time.
"I am trying to encourage farm
ers to special l In crops for which
Oregon is peculiarly fitted. Today
I will address the Grange, an organ
ization, about the same age as my
self, for which I have much respect.
The organ taction has accomplished
a great deal of good for the farmers
as a whole, and the national master
la a real leader."
Continuing his comments upon
the need for organisation among the
farming people, Governor Martin
said "w are for'tunate in Oregon
in having strong and experienced
farm organizations through which
the needs and aspirations of ths
different branches of the state's ag
riculture can be so effectively ex
pressed. All the organizations have
had a tremendous Influence In up
building Oregon's agricultural in
dustry In the past, and I am de
pending on them for advice snd
leadership In their respective fields
In the future."
Even further organlfAtlon was
urged by the governor In hla talk
with President G. W. Potts of the
Farmers' Union."
TEXASJWHOMA
ALTUS. Okla.. May 18. fpt- Five
persons were known dead tonight and
at least seven missing In a storm that
wrought an estimated million dol
lars damage In Texas and Oklahoma.
Four persons ware killed and many
more Injured probably fatally in a
series of devastating "twisters" In
widely separated sections of north,
and central Texas.
Driving rains, swelling mall
streams into torrents, accompanied
the torneilo Texas winds.
Tn Oklahoma, which escaped the
wind's attack, roaring flood waters
in the region of Altus, In the south- .
western corner, left one dead and
seven missing.
SANTA MARIA, C'al., My
17. Kddie Vail, one of Califor.
nia's real cowmen, and I are
prowlini? through here. This is
a mighty pretty little town.
They raise more different
things in this part of the coun
try. Ixmipoc, near here, is
great fields of flowers (thou
sands of acres for commercial
use. Think of sellinc a thou
sand acres of jnst flowers. Then
out of the same ground they
take a kind of sandstone for
insulation. Then a big sugar
licet factory and the bigfrest
mustard fields in America. Cat
tle by tho thousands.
Piece in the local paper about
Mr. Hoover comiiif? out acainst
the NRA, also one about Jack
Garner i.suinir statement. I
don't believe that. Oarner
thinks but don't talk. Well, got
to get on up the road.